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Cleverly with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara, Turkey, 13 September 2023

This is a list of international visits undertaken by James Cleverly (in office from September 2022 to November 2023)[1] while serving as the Foreign Secretary, first for Liz Truss and then for Rishi Sunak. The list includes both private travel and official visits. The list includes only foreign travel which the Foreign Secretary made during his tenure in the position.

Summary

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Cleverly visited XX countries and territories during his tenure as Foreign Secretary. The number of visits per country or territory where Secretary Cameron traveled are:

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Country Locations Details Dates
1  USA New York Met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and addressed the UN General Assembly.[2] 20-22 September 2022
2  Japan Tokyo Attended the State Funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and meet Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi.[3] 25-27 September 2022
 South Korea Seoul Met with President Yoon Suk-yeol and visit the Joint Security Area of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ).[3] 27-28 September 2022
 Singapore Singapore Met with Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and delivered a keynote speech at the Milken Asia Summit.[3] 28-30 September 2022
3  India Mumbai, New Delhi Visited Mumbai to pay his respects to those who lost their lives in the city’s terror attack at the Taj Palace Hotel in 2008. Subsequently traveled to New Delhi to meet his counterpart Dr S. Jaishankar.[4] 27-30 October 2022
4  Germany Münster, Berlin Attended a meeting of the G7 Foreign Ministers.[5] 2-4 November 2022
5  Egypt Sharm El Sheikh, Cairo Attended COP27, and, among others, met with John Kerry, the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.[6] 6-7 November 2022
6  France Paris Met with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna and discussed the planning for the 2023 UK-France summit (which occurred in March 2023). Cooperation on, bio-diversity, energy, migration, joint support for Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific and Iran was agreed.[7] 10-11 November 2022
7  Bahrain Manama Attended the Manama Dialogue.[8] 18-19 November 2022
 Qatar Doha Attended the 2022 FIFA World Cup, despite some controversy over his attendance regarding Qatar's stance on human rights.[9] 20-21 November 2022
8  Ukraine Kyiv Traveled to Ukraine to announce an additional £3 million of support for Ukraine and met with President Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.[10] 23-25 November 2022
9  Romania Bucharest Attended the NATO Foreign ministers meeting and emt with Secretary general Jens Stoltenberg.[11] 29-30 November 2022
 Poland Lodz Attended the OSCE ministerial council.[11] 31 November-1 December 2022
10  Kenya Nairobi Broke ground at the construction of the new Nairobi railways station (railway city), backed by £80 million of UK investment, and announced £650m illion for the Afrcan Development Fund over the next 3 years. Also met with Kenyan Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua.[12] 6-7 December 2022
 Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Semera and Hawassa Discussed the end of the Tigray war with the Ethiopian government and oversaw the distribution of aid to the region.[13] 8-9 December 2022
11  Spain Madrid Met with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares to discuss ongoing UK-Spain negations with respect to the status of Gibraltar post-Brexit.[14] 14 December 2022
 Belgium Brussels To discuss UK-EU bilat.[15] 15 December 2022

References

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  1. ^ "The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. Retrieved March 9, 2025.
  2. ^ "Foreign Secretary James Cleverly meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, September 2022". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Foreign Secretary James Cleverly makes first visit to East Asia". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  4. ^ "Foreign Secretary James Cleverly travels to India". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 27 October 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  5. ^ "G7 foreign ministers' statement in Germany, November 2022". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  6. ^ [hhttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-at-cop27-pledges-new-support-for-developing-countries-to-deal-with-climate-change "Foreign Secretary at COP27 pledges new support for developing countries to deal with climate change"]. United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. ^ "UK-France foreign ministers joint statement: 11 November 2022". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Manama Dialogue 2022 in Bahrain: Foreign Secretary's speech". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  9. ^ "World Cup 2022: Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says he will travel to Qatar". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Foreign Secretary announces critical practical support for Ukraine as winter sets in". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Foreign Secretary to discuss strengthening NATO's long-term resilience at foreign ministers' meeting". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Foreign Secretary promises honest, reliable UK investment in Africa". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Foreign Secretary sees UK aid making real difference in Ethiopia". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  14. ^ "Cleverly and Albares meet in Madrid against backdrop of Gib treaty talks". Gibraltar Chronicle. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  15. ^ "FCDO's ministerial travel, October to December 2022". United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
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